CITY OF CHICAGO v. NEWBERRY LIBRARY

No. 33532.

7 Ill.2d 305 (1955)

131 N.E.2d 60

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. NEWBERRY LIBRARY et al. — (JOHN W. PAGE, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARRY H. RUSKIN, and JOSEPH ROSENBAUM, both of Chicago, for appellant.

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (FRANCIS S. LORENZ, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered on November 15, 1954, in an eminent domain proceeding instituted by the city of Chicago for the condemnation of an entire city block in the city of Chicago for a parking facility.

The city of Chicago, on November 20, 1953, filed its petition to condemn, averring therein its organization as a...

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